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Saturday, September 14
Sure, we've got Chicago-style hot dogs and deep dish pizza, but did you know chicken vesuvio was invented here, too? Eat Chicago points us to an article in Chicago's Dining Guide that places the origin of the dish at the original Giannotti's in Forest Park sometime in the 1960s.